During Holy Week, Israeli police barred Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre for a ...

Candles illuminated the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem on Saturday as hundreds of Christian worshippers attended the Holy Fire ceremony. A day before Orthodox Easter, also known as Pascha, ...

Christian believers visit the Church of the Holy Sepulcher to mark Orthodox Easter and to attend the first public Sunday masses by other Christian denominations after the war. Stay up to date with the ...

JERUSALEM (AP), Apr 11: Thousands of Orthodox Christian worshippers gathered at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre on Saturday to take part in the annual “Holy Fire” ceremony, following the easing of ...

At noon on Easter Sunday, dozens of families poured out from the St. Jacob Orthodox Cathedral in Jerusalem’s Old City into the compound of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Adults and children, mostly ...

Israel said it is preparing to reopen Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in occupied East Jerusalem starting Thursday morning, after closing them since Feb. 28. In a statement ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Israel lifted restrictions on holy sites in Jerusalem after announcing a fragile ceasefire, ending nearly six ...

Thousands of Jews, Muslims, and Christians flocked to the Old City of Jerusalem on Thursday to pray at the Western Wall, Al-Aqsa Mosque, and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the day after a two-week ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: This story is a collaboration with Biography.com. “At the place where Jesus was crucified, there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb, in which ...

(RNS) — On Palm Sunday last month, Israel blocked the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, along with the official guardian of the church and two priests, from entering Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy ...

JERUSALEM (RNS) — Thousands of Jews, Muslims and Christians flocked to the Old City of Jerusalem on Thursday (April 9) to pray at the Western Wall, Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, ...